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    16 Lighthouse Road

    By Debbie Macomber

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    16 LIGHTHOUSE ROAD

    Debbie Macomber

    When Cecilia Randall, and her naval officer husband, Ian, appear in Judge Olivia Lockhart's Cedar Cove family court, they expect the good judge to grant the divorce they seek. But Olivia senses the couple still love one another and just need time to work on their marriage in the wake of their infant daughter's death. So Olivia denies their petition and makes headlines in the Cedar Cove Chronicle, earning the divorced mother more than journalistic admiration from the paper's editor, Jack Griffin. Meanwhile, Olivia's daughter, Justine, must decide if she will marry an older man her mother insists is wrong for her, and Olivia's best friend, Grace Sherman, the local librarian, is frantic with the disappearance of her husband, Dan. Everyone in Cedar Cove is talking!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateSep 1, 2011
    ISBN9781742922058
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    Debbie Macomber

    Debbie Macomber is a No.1 New York Times bestselling author and a leading voice in women's fiction worldwide. Her work has appeared on every major bestseller list, with more than 200 million copies in print, and she is a multiple award winner. The Hallmark Channel based a television series on Debbie's popular Cedar Cove books. For more information, visit her website, www.debbiemacomber.com.

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    • 5/5
      16 Lighthouse Road is the first book in the Cedar Cove series. I loved meeting the characters in Cedar Cove and hearing their stories. It was like the people were real. This was a sweet and fun read can't wait to meet the other characters in the series.
    • 3/5
      I enjoy this series, because they're like little soap operas in book form. Nothing heavy here, and nothing vulgar (not that I have a problem with vulgarity). I like how a different character is the focus of each book, but they're all there nonetheless.
    • 3/5
      16 Lighthouse Road is a romance fallowing four different women. A judge who has been divorced for fourteen years. Her friend who has been married for thirty-five years. The judge's daughter who isn't looking for love. Also a navey wife who is wanting a divorce. All of the womens stories deal in part to the judge. It is a decent romance and has me willing to try the rest in the series.
    • 4/5
      As this is the first book of a new series there is of course the wonder and delightment when the book comes out a hit like this one did. The book is a light weight romance with a bit of mystery and intrigue thrown in. This satisfies the soap opera/drama lover in all of us. One of the cutest things about the series has to be the titles. As that brings you even closer to this close-nit neighbor. As I grew up in a large city I never knew what that was like so it's a true escape for me. As you read this book, you forget that it's a fictional book as it is so easy to believe that this is really happening in the town next to you. The book flows very easily into the next part of the story line. The details of the book are great and very realistic. Some of the things that the people do in here is unbelievable but very true to character when you happen to know people like them. I felt at home while reading this series. The little letter in the front of the book introducing you to the main chacter of the story is just another great detail of this book. It's just another step closer to Olivia I felt before even starting the book. Olivia is one strong woman, first of all she is a family court judge, has a hard relationship with her daughter and her mother is over bearing and protective. Not to mention she has a ex-husband floating around in and out of the area. When she starts her day in court one day and hears a gut wrenching divorce case, she makes history with the decision she makes. She also finds a heart throb while in the process of making the gossip lines of the town. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars. I would definatley recommend this book to anyone who needs a true escape and likes a little drama so long as its not theirs.
    • 3/5
      16 lighthouse road
      Debbie Macomber
      ★☆★

      I liked this book. I did. I didn't love this book, it didn't pull me in like other books have. I was told this was a romamce series. There is romance, but nothing steamy lol! Soaps are more steamy than this. It was drama/womems fiction which I don't mimd at all.

      Charlotte (Judge olivias mom) is probably one of my fave chatacters. I'm not too fond of what I've seen of Jack (olivias current interest) Justine (olivias daughter) wasn't very likeable. I did like seth though. Grace was sweet and I felt very sorry for what she had to go through.
      my biggest thing with this book I think is we met so many charachters to begin with there wasn't any connection. I can't even tell yoi which character was the main character in this book.

      I did love Cecilia and Ians story. I real ly would have liked to get a more in depth look at the them. I feel they should have a book more about them. Their issues are real life issues people especially ones in the military face. I would have liked to see them actually work through it more. it all seemed to fast for me. one minute they hate eachother, then they can sorta stand eachother, then tragedy strikes and magically everythings ok. I didn't like that

      it was a good book. Had a lot going on
      I will continue this series, but I'm not in a hurry.
    • 4/5
      The first book in the Cedar Cove series about a small town in Washington state. This book revolves around a young couple (Cecilia and Ian), after losing their infant daughter, their marriage starts to crumble. The judge (Olivia) won't allow the divorce to happen as easily as they would like and this is their story of finding the true core to their relationship.
    • 2/5
      16 Lighthouse Road is the first book in Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series. The series has been around for about ten years now so I thought I would give a crack at the first book and see how well I liked it. I didn't dislike it at all, but I didn't find myself loving it, either. It was fast, quick read with not much plot or character depth. I felt out of touch with the characters. I suspect that's because the main characters were women with grown children, looking forward to being grandmothers, something I certainly can't relate to. I don't know if I'll continue on with this series even though a few things weren't even close to being resolved in the first novel.
    • 3/5
      Easy and pleasant read.
    • 4/5
      Another great Debbie Macomber book, that looks like it will develop into a great series. This book details the lives of five very different women with very different problems and relationships and weaves them together in the idyllic setting of Cedar Cove. A cozy read that will leave you smiling :-)
    • 3/5
      16 Lighthouse Road is the first book in Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series (re-release 5/2013), so looking forward to reading the series as missed the first go around. Sparks always flying in Cedar Cove - this quaint small town where everyone knows everyone's business - from missing husbands, some off to the Navy, some grieving over child's death, and some fighting divorce, and others new and old loves. Hallmark Channel Series - Debbie is a talented writer and is always engaging with her audience.
    • 4/5
      Surprisingly interesting read. I usually don't go in for this genre but a friend recommended the series and I found myself enjoying it and getting in to the characters. It is a simple read.
    • 2/5
      I managed to listen to the end. This is clearly one of many books by Macomber dealing with the fictitious town of Cedar Cove, located near the Naval shipyard of Brimmerton, Washington.United through friendship, family, or professionally to judge Olivia Lockhart, the book is a look at the complexities of daily living of 7 citizens of Cedar Cove. Nothing serves to tie the separate vignettes together, yet individually each is reconciled by the end of the book.I probably would have enjoyed the book quite well when I was in my 20s but found it boring in the extreme now that I am considerably older than that! I cannot regret listening to the book, since now I know for certain I do not want to purchase any more.
    • 5/5
      I expected a good book when I started this but I LOVED it! I can't wait to read the next one.
    • 3/5
      One of the main characters in this story is a young Navy wife, who marries quickly because she is pregnant, then sees her husband go off to sea in a submarine shortly after their wedding.I DON”T CONSIDER THIS A SPOILER since it’s in the first chapter and is central to the plot: When her premature baby dies and her husband is unable to be notified or return to help with the funeral and the grieving, (his submarine is under the polar ice cap) she blames him, and THE NAVY, and immediately files for divorce when he returns.Because I come from a Navy family, I found some of the dialogue off-putting—Navy people really don’t talk that way, but the story developed OK. There were two other major plot relationships developing simultaneously, and there was an elderly grandmotherly figure who was a hoot…reminded me of Estelle Gettes in Golden Girls. All in all it was an OK read..certainly was light enough that I didn’t have to expend much mental energy (probably expended more than the average reader since I got so personally wrapped up in the story.)I will probably try another in the series when I’m looking for something light and fluffy.
    • 3/5
      I LOVED the story, but sometimes it was hard to keep up with ALL the characters, and all the daughters, grandma's and all. GOOD strong women and men characters.
    • 3/5
      everyday women of various ages in middle class American - peanuts for the mind - good for distraction, but not much really to think about
    • 3/5
      Was a good read. I really enjoyed the closeness and friendship between the characters. Leaving somethings undone at the end definitely made me pick up the next one.
    • 4/5
      This was my first Debbie Macomber novel and the first in the Cedar Cove series. I'm so happy I decided to give Macomber a try. I loved the writing and all the stories taking place. I'll definitely be reading the rest of the Cedar Cove series and others by Macomber.
    • 5/5
      I read Rose Harber Inn and wanted to read more about Cedar Cove Series. The 1st book in the series the loveable character. Iwas introduced to Judge Olivia Lockhart & her family. Then Olivia's best friend Grace Sherman and her family that her husband Dan disappeared without explanation, and Cecelia and Ian Randall that wanted a devorce after the death of their daughter. Olivia denided the devorce because they can work through there grieving. I can not wait to read the next book to see what happen next.
    • 4/5
      I needed something a bit cozy to read after having a bit of real life tragedy rain on me & this fit the bill perfectly. I did catch the first episode of Cedar Cove on Hallmark Channel & knew that I needed to read the series. It's light & has just enough heart to pull me in & make me smile. It's nice to drop in on a small town & spend time with people who are living their lives without too much darkness & angst (I read plenty of that as it is). This was a nice change of pace & I also have to admit that I liked Justine a lot more in the book than I did on the show. I was much more able to empathize with her in this story & I look forward to reading more about her. I also liked finding out about Olivia's youngest son, Jordan. I don't recall him being mentioned on the episode of the show that I watched. I picked up a couple more of the Cedar Cove books at the library, so I can definitely say, I'll continue with the series. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a light weekend read or just the thing when you just want a soft place to land.
    • 2/5
      Cecelia Randall, grieving from the death of her daughter, decides to divorce her husband, Ian, who was unable to be with her when the baby was born, lived, or died because of his Navy obligations. This is one of several story threads that run through 16 Lighthouse Road, which also follows the stories of other Cedar Cove residents, including divorced judge Olivia, and her friend Grace, over the course of several months.I'm not really sure why I pushed through to finish this book, since it just wasn't working for me. I had trouble following all the different characters - while I could keep track of them all, the story shifts made it hard for me to care about one or the other because when I was getting close, the story moved again. Furthermore, these shifts meant that sometimes changes in a character that happened over weeks were summarized in a paragraph instead of shown through changes in attitude or behavior. A story I may have enjoyed more in a different mood.
    • 5/5
      16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber,

      Ian Randall was out at sea when his young wife Cecilia gave birth to a baby with a faulty heart. Not long afterward, Cecilia stands alone burying their daughter. Unable to cope, Cecilia and Ian agree to divorce, but Cedar Cove, Washington Family Court Judge Olivia Lockhart denies their request. She believes the pain is clouding their decisions and both remain in love with each other.The new Cedar Cove Chronicle editor Jack Griffin attended the court on the day that Olivia issued her shocking ruling in the Randall case. He writes a laudatory editorial praising the decision. Jack wants to start seeing Olivia, who he admires for her courage and conviction to avoid the easy road of granting the divorce decree. However, he has quite a road to travel, as she has never recovered from her divorce. Meanwhile her mother interferes in her cases and her daughter drives her crazy while her son joins the navy. This is a normal scenario for Judge Lockhart.
    • 5/5
      16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber is the first book in the Ceder Cove series. It follows Judge Olivia Lockhart, her best friend Grace whose husband disappears after 35 years of marriage and is seen with another woman, Ian and Cecilia Randall (a couple who want to divorce after the loss of their daughter but are denied the easy out by Judge Lockhart, and Olivia’s mother and daughter, who each have their own issues to contend with.
      I loved this book. It was such a wonderful neighborhood read. I fell in love with the characters right away. They were very well developed and complex. I felt as though they were truly people that I knew and I could not wait to find out what happened to them.
      The storyline flowed really well and I could not put the book down. I am very glad this is a series because I cannot wait to continue reading about these wonderful people so full of heart.
      This was my first Debby Macomber book and it will definitely not be my last. I would recommend this book to anybody!
    • 3/5
      "16 Lighthouse Road" is the first book in Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series and it focuses on the lives of several people living there. Cecelia and Ian Randall married when Cecelia became pregnant, but their baby died while Navy man Ian was at sea. Now they want to divorce because Cecelia can't forgive Ian for not being there when she needed him the most. Judge Olivia Lockhart catches newspaper editor Jack Griffin's attention when she is reluctant to grant the divorce until the Randall's try to work things out. Olivia is attracted to Jack, but is concerned about her daughter Justine who is dating a much older man. Olivia's friend Grace Sherman is having problems with her husband Dan - after thirty-five years of marriage he has walked out and disappeared without any explanation. Finally, there is Olivia's mother, Charlotte Jefferson, who befriended an elderly man shortly before he died and is trying to track down his family to return the few possessions he left behind. I really enjoyed "16 Lighthouse Road" and bought the rest of the books in the series as soon as I finished reading it. Debbie Macomber's writing can be awkward at times and the book often sounds like a soap opera. She can be melodramatic to a fault, saying one character will never be a grandfather because his son is sterile - has she never heard of adoption? But despite her writing flaws, Macomber is a great storyteller and she creates characters that readers will care about. The book doesn't focus on any one character but tells each character's story equally. Some of the stories, such as Ian and Cecelia's come to a close, but others, such as Grace and Dan's are left open. This can be frustrating and feel like a cheat to readers who want everything tied up neatly at the end, but Macomber had me caring enough about the characters to make me want to read the other books in the series to find out what happens to them. That's the mark of a truly gifted storyteller. "16 Lighthouse Road" is a well-done soap opera in book form.
    • 3/5
      I was given this book by a friend of a friend, otherwise I probably would not have read it since I don't particularly like how far Macomber lets her unmarried characters go in passion before she reigns them in--though at least she doesn't have unmarried characters sleeping together like so many authors do--they do get close though--and in this book, one character even suggests another have an affair with another man after she marries the first character!The central story is supposed to be that Judge Olivia Lockhart refuses to grant a divorce to a Navy man and his wife because she believes they still love each other and are just being influenced by emotions after their premature daughter dies while he is deployed. However, other stories revolve around this one: Olivia's mother, Charlotte, befriends a man she later learns was a western star and finds his grandson in order to pass on some memoribilia. Charlotte also starts writing a newspaper column. Olivia finds a relationship with the newspaper's editor, Jack Griffin. Justine, Olivia's daughter, makes a surprising decision between two men. Olivia's friend, Grace, faces the loss of her thirty-something year marriage, for reasons as yet unknown. I can't put my finger on why this book didn't intrigue me. Part of it is the history I have with Macomber's fiction. I don't feel like I really connected with the characters much in this book. I can't figure out Olivia's decision--the book almost makes it sound like Olivia took her mother's advice about deciding the case--Olivia is a grown woman and a judge. She shouldn't need her mother to help her decide what the right thing to do is while in court. That part of the premise seems silly to me.I was glad to see that Ian and Cecilia work out their communication issues and that Andrew and Cathy will apparently have a pregnancy that goes to term. I was glad to see the decision that Justine made between the two men and that her relationship with her mother seems to be improving. I'm also glad to see that Grace is beginning to accept her new life by the end of the book--though I suspect her story will continue.
    • 2/5
      I think I've mis-shelved this book. It doesn't really belong on "Heaving Bosoms" , but I refuse to start a "Fluttering Bosoms", so what can you do. I'm reading this Cedar Cove series because my family is doing it sort of as a group reading, and I'd like to stay in the loop with the family conversations. So I'm listening to them on audio, and Sandra Burr is her usual very competent self, bringing more life to the narration than I certainly could. The setting is the Anywhere USA town that every family sitcom from mid-century America was set in. Including those same values and mores. There's little or no crime, deviance, or depravity of any kind. Even the "bad" characters are, at worst, a little selfish and mean-spirited. Oh, and the one rich guy who's rumored to engage in shady business practices, has (gasp) divorced several wives, and dates women young enough to be his daughter. He's the only villain, as he wants to marry the young woman in spite of the fact that he can't get it up, locking her into a sexless and passionless and, even worse, BABYLESS marriage, but is happy to facilitate her engaging in extramarital affairs . They strongly value getting married, having babies, and interfering in each other's personal business. They do not seem to value birth control, rational adult communication, or an individual's right to self determination. Work and career are only a setting in which to carry out their personal dramas. The judge's mother routinely barges into her office to carry out personal conversations which for some reason can't wait until 5pm. My chief amusement in listening to this audiobook was continuously telling the characters what I thought of them and in imagining each annoying character getting just desserts for their refusal to communicate and interfering busybodiness - the judge disbarred, her mother occupying that jail cell with "Big Bertha" for theft and HIPAA violations, etc.
    • 4/5
      Entertaining story revolving around the lives of 4 women of different ages and places in their lives and how they deal with the situations they find themselves in at time in Cedar Cove.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the cast a characters.I didn't like the voice the narrator used for Olivia.It is a sad truth that most marriages do not survive the death of a child.
    • 4/5
      I've had this book on my TBR list for almost 6 years! It's one of those that I keep meaning to read, but haven't yet. When I saw my library had it on audio book, I decided now is finally the time to read it.16 Lighthouse Road is about Olivia Lockhart's family and circle of friends. Each character is introduced as Ms. Macomber allows us a glimpse in his or her life. It's a great start to what I'm sure will be an intimate series. Want to meet some new friends? Read 16 Lighthouse Road. I'm just embarrassed it took me so long to read it.
    • 1/5
      Book on CD read by Sandra Burr

      Olivia Lockhart is at the center of this ensemble piece, the first in the Cedar Cove series. Olivia is a family court judge. Her own marriage ended in divorce some years back and she has a tenuous relationship with her daughter, Justine (who is dating an older and very unsuitable man). Olivia’s mother, Charlotte, likes to visit the judge’s courtroom and when she weighs in on a divorce case Olivia decides to deny the divorce petition. Her court decision captures the attention of a new editor of the local paper, Jack Griffin. The story line also includes the drama in Olivia’s best friend’s marriage and the difficulties being faced by the young couple whose divorce she denies.

      I’d heard about Debbie Macomber many times over the years, but had read only one of her books before. A new TV miniseries is about to start based on this book and the rest of the series, so this one captured my attention. Also, it satisfied a couple of challenges both in Shelfari and Good Reads groups for beach reads, contemporary reads, and reading outside my comfort zone (romance).

      I certainly understand why her works are popular: we have likeable characters with serious flaws (and/or blind spots), some very real situations that readers can easily relate to, and a few mildly steamy scenes to grab our interest. However, I found this simply too melodramatic for my reading tastes. I was listening to the CDs and kept commenting, “oh, please!” and/or rolling my eyes. Several plot lines are left hanging, a device that reminds one of the “Perils of Pauline” serials used to keep movie audiences coming back week after week to find out what happens next.

      Sandra Burr’s reading on the audio wasn’t to my liking either. Her “deep” man’s voice was just plain irritating (or maybe that was the point because several of these men WERE irritating). Also, her pacing was somewhat slow.